THE WINTER SHOW

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 189, 22 July 1940, Page 5

THE WINTER SHOW

SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT SHOWN TRIBUTE TO ASSOCIATION A stpecial meeting of the Whaka-

tane Winter Show Asscoiation took place in the Secretary's (Mr L. R. Spring's) office last Wednesday when a statement was tabled showing that the fixture realised a profit of £178 lis Bd, an achievement which, in view of the handicaps resulting from the war, was considered highly satisfactory. Mr A. J. Canning (the president) stated that the show was memorable for the wonderful spirit of co-opera-

tion which had existed between all sections, officers and stewards. He recalled the gloomy prophecies of many outsiders who claimed that the benzine restrictions would kill the fixture, and added that in his

own opinion the Show had served as a tonic to many who were depressed by the war news. Messrs Savage and Cutler congratulated the executive and expressed their agreeable surprise at the general standard. Details of the statement of accounts as submitted by the secretary (with last year's figures given in parentheses) were as under: — Expenditure: Schedules and Post-

age £72 5s llcl (£66 19s 7d); Printing, Stationery and Advertising £4(3 Is 7d (£36 14s Gd); Posit and Telegraph £12 2s 2d (£6 Is 2d); Judges'] Expenses £13 2s 6d (£7); Labour and Material £24 10s lid (£23 14s 7d); Public Risk Insurance £8 (£8); Prize Money £179 lis (£147 18s sd); Wages £25 lis 5d (£l2 13s 4d); General Expenses £31 14s 2d (£43 3s Id); Highland Dancing £10 8s (£l4 10s 6d); Lighting and Power £21 18s lOd (£l2 10s 4d); Brodacasting £5 (£6); Marquee Hire £17 8s Id (£l9 6s 4d). Total £467 17s 7d (£lO4 lis lOd). Profit £178 lis 7d (£205 4s 6d) . I Revenue: Donations to Prize Fund £33 l is £26 lis 6d); Entry Fees £76 6s 3d (£59 18s sd); Gate. Money £202 Is 7d (£165 8s); Outside Space £43 12s (£7O 2s 6d); Inside. Space £90 10s (£ll9 18s 9d); Sweet Stall £31 14s 2d

(£32 16s); Tea Rooms £31 2s 3d (£2l 15s lid); Advertising in Schedules £53 10s (£sl 6s 6d); Chesterfield £61 0s 8d (£6l 15s 9d); Marquee Earnings £22 18s 3d. Totals £646 9s 2d. (£609 36s 4d). Members'' Subscriptions £82 17s 6d (£4O 2s); Hall Hire to date £112 17s lOd (£66 9s 6d).